State Of Louisiana v. James Washington

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2022 KW 0485

VERSUS

JAMES O' NEAL WASHINGTON JULY 18, 2022

In Re: James O' Neal Washington, applying for supervisory
writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of

Washington, No. 20- CR5- 144509.

BEFORE: HOLDRIDGE, PENZATO, AND LANIER, JJ.

STAY DENIED. WRIT GRANTED. The trial court' s ruling
denying relator' s motion to suppress is reversed. The search of

the cigarette pack located inside relator' s pocket, which led to
the discovery of illegal narcotics, exceeded the permissible

scope of the pat -down sanctioned by Terry v. Ohio, 392 U. S. 1,
88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 ( 1968). See State v. Lagarde,

2000- 1238 ( La. 2/ 9/ 01), 778 So. 2d 585; see generally State v.

Foss, 2017- 0744 ( La. 10/ 16/ 17), 226 So. 3d 1115, 1116, (" The

trial court correctly determined that the contraband—which was

seized from the inside of a cigarette pack recovered during the
Terry pat down—is not admissible pursuant to the " plain feel"
exception to the warrant requirement.") Accordingly, the trial

court erred by denying the motion to suppress the evidence

recovered from the cigarette pack, and this matter is remanded

to the trial court for further proceedings.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT